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Ruth Donnelly
North Trenton - New Jersey - USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American stage and film actress. Her father was the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. She began her stage career at the age of 17 in 1913, in The Quaker Girl. Her Broadway debut brought her to the attention of George M. Cohan, who proceeded to cast her in numerous comic-relief roles in such musicals as Going Up (1917). Though she made her first film appearance in 1913, her Hollywood career began in earnest in 1931 and lasted until 1957. In her films she often played the wife of Guy Kibbee (Footlight Parade, Wonder Bar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). Among her roles was the part of Sister Michael in The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1957
The Way to the Gold
Movie Mrs. Williams
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1956
Autumn Leaves
Movie Liz Eckhart
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1955
The Spoilers
Movie Duchess
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1955
A Lawless Street
Movie Molly Higgins
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1952
Cavalcade of America
TV show Ma Dolan
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1951
The Wild Blue Yonder
Movie Maj. Ida Winton
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1951
The Secret of Convict Lake
Movie Mary Fancher
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1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Movie Glory White
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1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Movie Martha
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1948
The Snake Pit
Movie Ruth
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1948
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie Kate Mulvey
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1947
The Fabulous Texan
Movie Utopia Mills
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1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Movie Aunt Susan Beecher
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1947
Little Miss Broadway
Movie Minerva Van Dorn
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1947
Millie's Daughter
Movie Helen Reilly
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1946
Cross My Heart
Movie Eve Harper
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1946
In Old Sacramento
Movie Zebby Booker
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1946
Cinderella Jones
Movie Cora Elliot
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1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie Sister Michael
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1945
Pillow to Post
Movie Mrs. Grace Wingate
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1944
Breakdowns of 1944
Movie Self
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1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie Nurse Hamilton
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1943
Sleepy Lagoon
Movie Sarah Rogers
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1943
This Is the Army
Movie Mrs. O'Brien
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1942
Johnny Doughboy
Movie Biggy Biggsworth
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1941
Rise and Shine
Movie Mame Bacon
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1941
You Belong to Me
Movie Emma
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1941
Sailors on Leave
Movie Aunt Navy
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1941
The Gay Vagabond
Movie Kate Dixon
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1941
Model Wife
Movie Mrs. Milo Everett
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1941
The Roundup
Movie Polly Hope
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1941
Petticoat Politics
Movie Lil Higgins
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1940
Meet the Missus
Movie Lil Higgins
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1940
Scatterbrain
Movie Miss Stevens
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1940
My Little Chickadee
Movie Aunt Lou
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1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie Effie Perkins
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1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie Emma Hopper
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1939
The Family Next Door
Movie Mrs. Rose Pierce
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1938
Annabel Takes a Tour
Movie Josephine
